Vladimir Golstein

Vladimir Golstein28.09.2025

This is too funny to miss. Dostoevsky complaining about lies and BS that western press publishes about Russia. Not much has changed since then. European and American media is as bigoted and as myopic now as it was 150 years ago. And probably even more mean-spirited. In 1868, while in France, Dostoevsky drafted a letter […]

Vladimir Golstein14.09.2025

I don’t know who benefits from the murder of Charlie Kirk, but it is clear who loses very big. A couple of days ago, the media and its sidekicks in politics were screaming about the Russian drones invading Polish airspace. Oh, horror! Some harmless decoy drones which ended up in Poland instead of Ukraine, provoked […]

Vladimir Golstein18.05.2025

Who Are the Guardians Who Lead us to … Perdition. Dostoevsky’s Brothers Karamazov has this insightful episode. Drunken Fyodor, the father of the Karamazovs, embarks on one of his favorite diatribes against the church. They are dishonest, they trade in superstitions, they exploit the peasants, they make up stories, and they try to shame scoundrels […]

Vladimir Golstein25.03.2025

In his War and Peace, Tolstoy has an amazing image of Napoleon, as the French army is being kicked out of Russia. Tolstoy compares him to a child sitting deep in a horse carriage, who pulls the curtain strings and thinks that these actions direct the horse. For Tolstoy, Napoleon’s invasion had unleashed the forces, […]

Vladimir Golstein22.03.2025

And it is much more that the war between two East European countries. The whole damn thing totally penetrated and perverted the western politics for the last eleven years, counting from 2014 Crimea. Endless propaganda and obfuscation as far as the information about the war was concerned. Endless misrepresentation of what was going on. Endless […]

Vladimir Golstein17.03.2025

Apparently there is an Irish Proverb — a clear take on Roman ‘divide and conquer” — which says to the effect, if two neighbors are fighting, at least one of them was visited by a Brit another day. Of all people, Irish should know. And so should the rest of the world, which hardly has […]

Vladimir Golstein08.03.2025

What exactly is going on? Who is teaching whom? Same idiotic costumes, same rude behavior, same self-righteousness bordering on Chutzpah. Why all these antics during Trump’s address? Yes, Trump is prone to some obnoxious mannerisms. Fine. He obviously has more than that if he came to White House second time around. What exactly is he […]

Vladimir Golstein23.02.2025

February 23 is a big holiday in Russia. Day of Red Army, Day of Defender of Motherland, Man’s day. Long lasting Soviet tradition of celebrating men who served, serve or will serve in the army. Yes, like al men in uniform, many managed to distinguish themselves with feats of courage and strength. At the same […]

Vladimir Golstein22.02.2025

Perestroika is Coming to Town. I Mean Washington Town. Of course, the legacy of Gorbachev is complex. For many he was a hero, for many — a traitor. He did what was necessary! — No! He destroyed the best country on earth. I didn’t live in Russia during perestroika, but I know it was incredibly […]

Vladimir Golstein19.02.2025

Of course, I am not a historian of Trump impeachment proceedings, but from what I remember, they were mostly about the so-called “Ukraine-gate.” That is, Trump knew that Zelensky had plenty of dirt on Biden and his coke-head son. So he told Zelensky to give him some goods before he released another billion dollar packet […]

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Dostoevsky About European Views on Russia

Who Benefits from the Murder of Charlie Kirk?

“The Road to Perdition”

Naive Zelensky Believes in Europe

Ukraine is Obviously Much More than Ukraine

Facts are Stubborn Thing

Zelensky Redux, or Democrats in Congress

Sad Musings on Russia’s Patriotic Day

Trump’s Perestroika

Do Politicians Forget Personal Insults and Betrayals?

The Documentary Film Naza and Its Revelations

It’s Cold There

Japan’s Myopia Epidemic

The Whirlwind Front